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Troops lured by drug trade, report warns

Troops lured by drug trade, report warns: "OTTAWA–There's a 'high probability' some Canadian troops serving in Afghanistan – one of the world's biggest sources of illegal drugs – will get involved in the drug trade, a military police report warns.

'Access to illicit drugs in Afghanistan is routine,' reads the report obtained by the Star.

'Easy access to heroin, hashish, cannabis presents a temptation for (Canadian) troops in the form of personal use and in the form of importation for the purpose of trafficking,' it reads.

It notes that using and trafficking drugs are illegal and 'contrary to the ethos' of the Canadian Forces, but concedes some of the 2,500 troops serving in the war-torn nation might not be able to resist."

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